Reply #16: Maybe you can explain [View All]

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This is somewhat off-topic, from a different article, but it has me confused. Do you understand how Sirota could have drawn this conclusion about Hillary Clinton and progressives? I don't see it.

October 17, 2005
Partisan War Syndrome
The left falls victim to a debilitating affliction
By David Sirota

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But then, even an issue as critical as Iraq can be subverted by the hallucinations that come from Partisan War Syndrome. As just one example, take progressives’ constant genuflecting anytime Sen. Hillary Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) name is mentioned. She is forever portrayed as a champion of the left, with everyone who’s anyone in politics assuming that she will have rock-solid support from the Democratic base despite her loud and continuing support for the Iraq War, and rather quiet Senate record on other progressive issues. The assumption speaks volumes about a “base” with an ideology so afflicted by a haze of hallucination that it believes the best politics even in such a polarized environment are those that avoid contrast.

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http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2354/